Damned Anti-Abortionists…
Jun 18
Posted: under General.
I was out getting some food from Taco Bell earlier, and I noticed that there’s a huge amount of anti-abortionists hanging out on the main drag of town (3 miles of pretty much nothing but businesses). Half of them were carrying signs. Some of these signs were about 4 feet by 6 feet and had slogans like abortion is murder, etc, etc. They also had a bunch of little kids with them. I’m sure this was on purpose….I didn’t see any teens or preteens, but plenty of 4-8 year olds.
Where to begin, where to begin…..
I’m pro-choice myself. I’m not going to try to guess when “life” begins (from a philosophical standpoint, I’m actually much more interested in the topic as it applies to AI’s…) and I’m certainly not going to try to tell you that what I think is the right thing to think. I’d rather people retain their freedom. But that’s just me.
I like to think that I’m open minded and I believe everyone has a right to believe what they want to. That is, of course, as long as it doesn’t particularly effect anyone else…. then it’s all gray. I don’t even necessarily think that protesting is a “bad” thing per-se. That didn’t stop me from yelling at them though. I didn’t care what their kids heard. If they want to use them as shields then they’re going to have to take the flak.
Maybe yelling isn’t the right word. It may have been closer to screaming. We’ll just call it a loud yell I guess. There was even a guy standing out in traffic at one light trying to hand out fliers. When I yelled at him, he didn’t stop looking at me. That’s when I just hit my horn and held onto it…..he was trying to say something but I really didn’t care. A lady on the corder holding a huge sign happily waved at me when I hit my horn. I headed straight for that bitch and she’s damn lucky she moved. My SUV can handle curbs with no trouble though, and I was on my way. Ok, so maybe that last part was just pretend….. 
I’ll admit that I was just pissed. First of all, to march around town like that is just nothing short of rude (as is the way I treated them of course, but I usually don’t feel too bad about being rude when someone else is rude to me first). I don’t think they shouldn’t be allowed to prance around with their signs and whatnot, but I’m thoroughly against trying to push one’s beliefs onto others. Walking around in public like that is doing just that. That’s the key item too, out in public. Preach all you want in your own areas…..do it out in public and you’re just trying to push your beliefs on others. That offends me more than anything really. That’s mainly the reason why I was pissed.
It was also pathetic that they were using their children like that. I’m more of a let people decide for themselves kind of person. So I’d have to say that dragging little kids out there who aren’t old enough to make an informed decision about the issue is rather wrong. Of course, the real reason the kids were out there is because they were symbolic to their cause. But whatever. They’re just exploiting those kids.
But like I said, they can live their lives how they choose as far as I’m concerned. I just wish they’d keep it to themselves.
